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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-02
A Woman vindicates Herself.

Chattanooga (Tenn.) Special.
Miss Mary Childers is a pretty school-teacher,
who resides at Trenton, Ga Three weeks ago
when she heard that young man named John
Mogores had been circulating slanderous remarks
about her, the brave little woman rode across
Lookout mountain, distance of fifteen miles,
and. at the muzzle of a shotgun, forced her ira
Queer to apologize. This done, she published
Mogores as IAN infamous scoundrel and traducer
of womanly virtues" and that his parents had
descended from the whipping posts of South
Carolina. When Mogores saw this he sent Miss
Cailders a challenge to fight, and the little wom-
an went to the spot to meet Mogores, but he did
not come to time. She has now gone to find him
and whip him for his cowardice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-02
Upon the Mountains Brow.
DEER PARK AND OAKLAND,
Twin Resorts of the Alleghanies.
1000 Feet Above the Sea.
SEASON OPENS JUNE %, 1887.

DEER PARK and OAKLAND, but six miles
distant from each other, are connected by a
superb carriage road. Both are located direct
ly upon the main line of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, and all trains stop at both points.
Under the capable management of Mr.. GEO.
D. DESHIELDs these famous resorts will main
tain the high standard of previous seasons
Among the improvements that will be noted
by former guests are the introduction of cleo
trio lights into house and grounds; large swim
ming baths added to the bathing establish
ments for ladies and gentlemen; increased and
improved water supply drawn from the cele-
brated Boiling Springs.
RATEs-$60, $75 and 800 per month, ac-
cording to location. Diagrams of rooms and
floors will be furnished upon application.
All communications should be addressed to
GEO. d. DESH1ELDs, Queen City Hotel, Cum
berland, Nd, up to june 10; after that date
either Deer Park or Oakland, Garrett Co., Md.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-02
Should Not Be Hasty.

Philadelphia Press
The American Historical Society, at it's recent
meeting, entered seriously into a discussion Of
the proposition 20 chs. e the name of the coun-
try. and the names suggested for adoption in
place OF the present one included Columbia, "
Cabot" 'Hespsria,n "Appaachia." .Allegania"
and 'Vineland" 1t is well enough perhaps for
the members OF the Historical Society to con-
template a change in the name of America. but
there are SO, 500, 900 other American citizens
whose views they should consult before conspit-
ting themselves 70 any specific course of action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-02
The Citadel of Chiyalrv.

A young lady sid at a recent meeting of the
Womans Christian Temperance Union in Savan-
nah: ''Chivalry. which has fed from all other
quarters has taken refuge in the newspaper
Offices" It is unnecessary to state that this
young lady is the prettiesr and brightest repre-
resentatlve of her sex in Georgia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-02
Beauty La a Fractions Gift

And faultless teeth in a lovely mouth is one of
its greatest charms. Be careful of your teeth
and preserve them by using Sozodont, that
charming dentifrice, which is perfectly harmless
and absolutely indis pensable for the toilet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-02
An Ungallant Editor.
PhiIadaInhi,

Philadelphia Press.
Senator Voorhees, declares that "ths few blum
ders which the President has made have been
due to the influence of the mugwumps" That's
right, Voorhees-blame everything on the wom
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-02
Circuit Court.

Hon. A. G. Ayres. Judge.
George d. Brown VS.. Richard l.. Boyd ct al
suit in attachment, etc. On trial by jury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-02

WALLPAPERS cheaper than ever at Albert
Calls s'eheap sale" Go and sec.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-02
To-Day. at q O'Clock,

READ Albert Calls cheap sale" advertise
ment in this Issue.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01
A Plague of Ants.

A curious phenomenon in the shape
of n plague of ants is reported from
Nancy, France. The insects were im-
mense in size, some having wings. but
the majority wingless. They fell in
such large numbers that the inhabit-
ants thought that they were having q
repetition of one of the plaques of
Egypt, The thick black flakes kept
pouring from the air from five until
six o'clock in the evening, and every
districtin in the city was soon covered
with what has been described, for
want of a better expression, as diving
black hail" 1t is supposed that the
rain of insects was the forerunner of
the violent storm which swept over
Nancy on the next day.-M Y Post.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01
The Oriental Save Trade.

A Blue Book was published recently
containing last years correspondence
on the slave trade. Colonel Schaefer,
the head of the Department for tho
Suppression of the Slave Trade, states
in 1886 that in six months So persons,
many of them professional dealers,
had been triel by court-martial for
buying or selling slaves; of these, 13
were condemned, 4 acquitted, 10
were still under judgment and were
released for want Of evidence. The
report as to the progress of tho
Home for Women Slaves in Cairo,
founded by the efforts of Mr.. Clifford
Lloyd and Mrs. Sheldon Amos, is en-
couraging. In MAY, 1886, 10 women
had been received into the Home, most
of them negresses, 2 few Circassians
and n few Abyssinians. According to
another report drawn up by Colonel
Schaefer in the twelve months pre-
vious TO May, 1SS5-that is. before the
Slavery Department took over the
working of tho Manumission bureaus
tho number of sisssJ fseed in Egypt
proper amounted TO 1882. In the fol-
lowing year that number was in
creased to 2,7S6. of whom S53 we're
the property of Dongola refugees. In
1888 there were 32 slave dealers in
Cairo; there are now only 4 or 8, and
they only act as brokers. st. James
GnzeHe
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01
Caught by a Clam.

A traveller among the South Sea
Islands gives an account of huge
clams-so big that a single shell
makes an admirable bath for child
the very touching of which is some
times attended with fatal consequences.
Diving for CLANS generally falls to the
share of the women, and many one
has met her doom from getting nipped
by the ponderous dentated shell, and
SO held prisoner in the depths never to
rise again. Quite recently a poor fell
low fishing in one of the Paumotu atolls
dived to the bottom OF the lagoon, feel
ing for pearl oysters, when he unluck-
lily slipped the fingers of his left hand
into gaping clam-shell, which closed
and held him as in wise. The shell
lay in hole in the coral. so that it
was impossible to reach the byssus by
which it was moored in the safe har-
Dor. The wretched man, in agony of
mind and body, severed his own fin
gers with his knife and rose to the sur
face, having, in deed, escaped drown
ing, but being manned for life. There
have boon other cases where q diver
thus imprisoned has, with great de-
liberation, contrived to insert his
knife into the shell, and so force it
open sufficiently to release his other
hand. -Ar0Ondut
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01
THE QUATRE-cENTENARY.
Few Thoughts Suggested by Forthcom-
ing Spanish Celebration,

ing Spanish Celebration.
Spain proposes to celebrate the
quartre-ccntenary of the discovery Of
America. l don't know what that
word means, but it has a good, hand
made look. 1t is an event worth cele-
brating anyhow, more on account of
what we have than for what Christie
pher found. When he landed G.
Columbus Found the people with no
clothes on; Found them dressed like
Lydia Thompson; Dressed for going
TO the opera. Now they undress more
than ever, But it costs much more to
do so; Costs like smoke to put on moth
ing. Then he found the people paint
ed, hinged and streaked from heel to
eyebrow; Now they paint above the
shoulders, But it costs as much as ever.
Then the young men smeared their
bodies; Now the young men paint the
town red. Then he found the maids
assembled, Waiting on the sandy sea-
shore; Waiting for the Spanish sailors.
Now, as ever, they are waiting, Giddy
girls and anxious "mommers, Ever
waiting on the seashore; Waiting for
the men to find them. Eager still to
be discovered; Anxious that they may
be sought for By strange men from
foreign countries. Then Columbus
found the natives Free and easy with
their ducats, Gladly giving to the
strangers All the Doodle they
had room for. Still to-day the
foreign raider, Scoops their dol
lars by the hatful; Oscar Wilde and
Goodby Patti, Wilson Tug" and Can
on Farrar, Donkey, Song bird, Tough
and Parson, Reap alike golden har-
vest Gone are all Columbus Injuns,
Gone the copper colored maidens, Gone
the dusky squaw and sachems. But
their children still survive them; Liv-
ing longer than their fathers; We have
learned another chapter; We've had
time to let our beard grow; We have
lately cut our eye teeth; And although
we may seem simple In the presence of
the stranger, Yet he wants to keep his
eye peeled When we're dealing from
the bottom; Turning jacks at times un-
wonted; Yet he wants to come in Win
ter, When the earth with frost is bak-
ing, And the mercury is freezing, If he
vainly hopes to leave US, Sobbing sadly
in the distance; And when he returns
bald-headed, He will hear our shouts
and laughter, As beneath his scalp we
gather, DRYING in our smoky wigwam,
Like hair plaque in our tepee. We
have not forgot how Cortez Taught our
fathers to walk Spanish, And we have
acquired the language And ourselves
are taking classes. That's four GEN.
turies' evolution; That's the kind of In
juns we are.-Burdette, in Brooklyn
EdOIe
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01
AN INDIAN MONKEY.
How LSttle Jocko Tried ta console Hi
Masters Young Daughter.


Masters Young Daughter.
One day we were riding through q
noble grove of tall and ancient tama-
rand trees. when our great deerhound
rushed suddenly in on the monkeys
which were sitting about in large FAM
lily parties. The scufflc was frightful,
all making rush to the nearest tree,
shrieking with rage and terror. In
the hurry and confusion some very
young monkeys were left behind. and
took refuge in network of roots over
hanging bank; and there, with great
pains, our people managed to catch
baby not q month old, which we tied
In handkerchief and carried home.
He formed g strong attachment,
amounting quite to worship, TO
the deerhound, the original cause of
his captivity. For long time Leo
encouraged him with nothing more
loving than growl; but the small
thing persevered with equal tact and
courage until the dogs hostility was
conquered, and he quietly allowed
Jocko to sit upon his back. From
that moment the two were great
irlends Jocko was never chained. as
it was quite sufficient to chain Leo.
The monkey then amused himself all
day by playing gymnastics among the
tent ropes or in the trees, except when
he saw stranger approaching; then
his sole idea of safety was to scramble
down and take refuge ON Leo's hack,
He made all the marches ON Leo's
back. and the perils he underwent
were many and varied. Once we were
passing q field of tall "arhaE" when
Leo spied a fox therein anu, doggishly
unmindful of his friends feelings
dashed into the tangled depths, where
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01
che branches quickly swept poor Jocko

che branches quickly swept poor Jocko
from his seat. In vain we called him;
he would do nothing but run like
crazy thing among the arhar stems,
standing up at intervals on tiptoe,
peering with anxious wrinkled face
into tho forest of stems, and uttering
shrill plaintive cries. He would not
be comforted, nor would he leave the
field until Leo returned.
On another occasion two pariah dogs
set upon the deerhound, and wild con-
fusion reigned as the three dogs fought
and struggled, and smetimes one was
uppermost, sometimcs another, while
through the clouds of dust Jocko could
be seen dancing piteously round tho
combatants, and gripping convulsively
the hind-legs of all in turn, while no
rent the air with shrieks.
If we were going out coursing or
shooting, Jocko had to be tied up un-
til we were far out of sight On be-
ing released he would Immediately
climb up palm-tree, and from thence
sorrowfully and wistfully scan tho
country for hours 10 catch the first
sight of his dear friends return. A
faithful and affectionate heart was
enshrined in that wee weird body, and
Jocko was every ones friend. Once
when our small daughter was in dis
grace for having insisted on kicking
the cat, Jocko was so touched by her
distress that he went to comfort her,
and, regardless of all rebuffs, curled
himself lovingly round her neck, and
let her sob over him. There we found
him, his pitiful little black face peep
ing out from her fair curly hair, and
his fur believed with her tears. -
Harper'S Young Peo3Ie.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01
Mr.. AND MRS. BoWSER.
The Old Man Tries His Hand at Tailoring
But Gives Up in Disgust,


But Gives Up in Disgust.
The other evening, when Mr.. Bowser
stepped off the street car at our corner,
one of his suspender buttons flew off.
This may or may not have been the
first time in his life that he lost sus-
pender button, but he took it so much
to heart that l guess it was the first.
He came into the house with the look
of man who had been deeply injured,
and shouted at me:
''Do you know whether I've got
single button left on any of my gar
ments?"
"What is it, dearP"
''Don't what-is-it-dear me, Mrs. Bow
ser! If you were half wife you'd look
over my clothes once in five or ten
years and catch up the loose buttons!'
"Why, there's only one button gone,
and I'll have that fixed in two jiffys.
Let me get my needle and"
"No, l won't! 1t has been plain to
me for the last year that sooner or
later I'd have to do my own sewing,
and now the climax has arrived"
"Just one minute, Mr.. Bowser."
"Not one second! l shall hereafter
sew on my own buttons, and l might
as well begin now!"
had needle and thread and thimble
at hand, but he turned away. Supper
was all ready, and when l mentioned
the fact he replied:
go and eat it, thenI l have no
time. l have got two or three hundred
buttons to sew on"
He wouldn't even permit me to give
him the needle and thread. He hunted
around and found adarning-needle and
some coarse thread and went off up to
his room and locked the door with
great bang. l went up after supper
and looked through the key-hole. He
hadn't got the button on yet. As the
needle was larger than the eyes he had
tried to enlarge the latter with bod
kin, and thereby broken them all into
one. He was bothered to know how to
proceed, when called:
"Mr. Bowser, won't you let me imp"
"No, ma'am! Your place is in the
parlor, reading the last French love
story, while your husband sews on his
buttonsr
"But shan't get you another but
ton?"
mo! There are no other buttons in
the house, or if there was you wouldn't
know it! l shall 60 down town and buy
some."
He came out, locked the door and
started off, and in half an hour he came
back with dozen varieties of buttons,
running from pearl to an overcoat
button. He also had three papers of
needles and five spools of thread, and
to these he had added two dozen safety
pins,
"Won't You eat supper and let me
sew on the button, Mr.. Bowserp" I
asked as he returned.
"Neverl 1t Is too late! l may get
through in time for breakfast, but you
can clear of the supper table. have
been losing buttons for the last five
years, and now propose to sew them
all on"
When he had locked the doer again
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01
THE DRUG PRICER.
Something About the Most Important EN-
pioye OF Drug House.

pioyo Oh Drug mouse.
An advertisement in commercial
paper called for rug-pricer, expert
enced in the wholesale and retail trade.
A wholesale druggist, who was asked
about the duties of a pricer, said
"The pricer fixes the prices OF the
goods sold in each bill. The pricer in
the drug business must have an init
mate acquaintance with an exceedingly
large line of goods, and must keep
posted on the fluctuations in values of
things for which, for instance, he may
not have call once year. In the
drug business we make per cent. on
some goods, and on some l5, and on
some 80. 1t costs, say, 10 per cent to
run the business, and we must, make
up what we lose on the 5 per cent.
goods out of the 10 per cent. goods.
Sometimes we can, on account of the
fluctuations of cost, get greater profits
than at others, The pricer is the
most important employe of the
house, for on his knowledge and skill
the success of the house depends. He
must have wonderful memory for
names and figures, and he must be able
to forestall changes in the market He
is usually familiar with the processes
of manufacture, and can tell you all
about the gatherings of opium in India
and the curing of ginsengin the United
States"
Then every wholesale druggist must
be pricer, tooP"
"On the contrary, not one in dozen
knows any thing about the prices of
the goods he owns. The pricer does it
all"
-'What sort of pay does such a man
commando"
well, competent men are scarce.
They are hard to find, and when firm
gets one 1t hangs on to him. A young
man who was trained under me went
to another firm and got 81, 500 a year.
He has since been raised to $1,000"
As salaries for scarce men 90 In
New York that does not seem to be ex-
travsgsnt.
MOI Well, it's good pay in the
drug business--mighty good; and there
are pleaty of salesmen who are the
next thing 10 prieers in the matter Of
knowledge who get only $1,000 and
81, l,20o"-E. Y. Sun.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01

he got out every coat and vest and pair
of pants from the closet and sat down
to his buttons am telling you the
solemn truth when I say that looked
through the key-hole and saw him de-
liberately cut every button off of two
vests and pair of pants, and he took
one OF his new shirts and coolly ripped
it clear down the back TO the bottom
hem. And l will further make q
solemn affidavit that the button he lost
when he got of the car was the only
missing button he had ever complained
of.
When he had cut the buttons off, as
described, he lighted the gas and got
out his needles and thread. Mr.. Bow
ser is near-sighted man, and our gas
fixtures are hung pretty high. Be-
tween the two he got into trouble. 1t
didn't seem to make any difference to
him which end of the needle he thread
ed. Instead of jabbing the thread at
the needle he jabbed the needle at the
thread. After about twenty jabs he'd
get discouraged and select another
needle, or break the thread off at n
new spot. He finally got the thread
into the eye, doubled it up and tied a
great knot at the end, and after twenty
minutes of hard work he got the miss
ing button back on his pantaloons. In
his nervousness he put on a brass
5louse-button with q shank, and he
used just three yards of doubled thread
to make it secure.
1t was ten o'clock before he came
down stairs. He had given up the job
with the one button.
"Well, have you got through" l
asked.
SCOT through! Do you expect can
sew on 284 buttons in two hours?"
"Well, I'll see to the rest in the
morning"
"No, you won't! Don't you dare to
touch any of my clothing! The worm
has finally turned, and he proposes to
take care of himself after this!"
Next morning he put on one of the
vests he had stripped of buttons and
fastened it with five safety-pins. He
put on coat from which he had cut
two buttons, and those were also re-
placed by the pins. He came down aud
paraded around to attract my notice,
and finally said:
"Mr. Bowser, l want to beg your
forgiveness. l knew there were over
two hundred buttons off your clothes,
but was shiftless and slack. This
will be a great moral lesson to me, and
l promise you-"
Didn't l tell you the worm had
turned!" he interrupted, as he waved
his hand in an imperious way. I have
got to go down town in this fashion.
People will remark it and of course
they will understand how it is.'
He was gone about twenty minutes.
and then sneaked back, slipped softly
upstairs and changed his clothes and
skipped out Next day heard that he
actually took the car to 90 down in his
safety-pln suit. He had scarcely got
seated when he heard a passenger
whisper:
"Why, look at that fat, bald-headed
old coon over there! Is he tramp or
an escaped lunatic?"
THAT fellerP" was the reply. "Why,
that's old Bowser! I'll bet he's rugged
out that way to spite his wifer
When Mr.. Bowser came up to dinner
neither of us mentioned buttons. 1t
was not until he was ready to leave the
house that he said:
Mrs Bowser, this must never hap
pen again-never! You are my wife,
but don't drive me too far-too far!''-
Detroit Free Press.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01

WARRENToN-Train Nos. so, 81, 81, IS, SO,
50, connect daily to and from Warrenton.
FRANKLIN DIvIsIoN-(Daily except Sun
day.. Leave Rocky Mt. $40 a m. Arrive Frank
lin Junction lll0 m. Leave Franklin June
lion 1880 p IN. Arrive Rocky Mount 1890 IN.
GoRDoNsvILLE-Trains leave Orange for
Gordonsvllle 1853 a m. daily, and 2:30 p m and
02O p IN. daily, and S:i5 m, daily, except
Sunday. Returning, leave Gordonsvile for
Orange 6:l5 m, l:35 p m, and 400 p m, daily.
and ll:0O a IN, daily, except Sunday.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains No. 50 and 81, Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between New York and Atlanta,
via Danville.
On trains No. SO and SO Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between Washington and Mont
gomery, and Washington and Augusta, via
Danville
On trains No. 81 and 55 Pullman Sleepers
between Washington and Louisville, Char
lottesville and Cincinnati.
On trains Nos 81 and so Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between washington and Memphis
via Lynehburg.
On trains Nos. IS and 5S Pullman Sleepers
between Washington and New Orleans, via
Lynchburg and Kennesaw Route,
Through tickets on sale at the principal
stations to all points. For rates or informa-
tion apply TO any agent of the Company, or to
j. y. b. THOMPSON, ID. p. A..
Alexandria, Va.
Sol. HAAS, Traffic Manager.
JAS. l.. TAYLOR, G.. p, A.,
June8 Washington, u, G,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-12-01
The Coming Year of St. Nicholas.

The fifteenth year begins with the number
for November, 1887, and the publishers can
announce: Serial and Short Stories by Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Frank r. Stock
ton, III. H. Boyesen, Joel Chandler Harris, j.
i. Trowbridge, Col. Richard NJ. Johnston,
Louisa M. Alcott Professor Alfred Church,
William II. Rldeing, Washington GLADDEN.,
Harriet Prescott Spofford, Amelia Il. Barr,
Frances Courtenay Baylor, Harriet Upton
and many others. Edmund Alton will write
series of papers on the "Routine of the Re-
public, ,"-how the President works at the
White House, and how the affairs of the
Treasury, the State and War Departments,
etc, are conducted Joseph O'Brien, u well
known Australian journalist, will describe
"The Great Island Continent; Elizabeth
Robins Pennell will tell of "London Christ
mas Pantomimes" (Alice in Wonderland,
etc.; John Borroughs will write "Meadow
and Woodland Talks with Young Folk, )" etc,
etc. Mrs. Burnett's short serial Will be, the
editor says, o worthy successor to her famous
Little Lord Fauntlcroy," which appeared
In ST. NICHOLAS.
Why not try ST. NICHOLAS this year for the
young people in the house? Begin with the
November number. Send us $500, or sub
scribe through booksellers and newsdealers.
THE CENTURY Co.,
Nov2i 80 East 18th St., New York.